The Sun. — London, England, 1838-09-08 00:00:00

01 , "111r, PUBLIC JOURNALS. West India Papers, brought by her Majesty's packet Reindeer, which arrived at Falmouth on Wednes day, and the er:vate letters received through the same channel, represent the new state of things in those colonies, under the Abolition Act, in a light as firvourable as could reasonably be expected. A few cases of insubordination are stated to have occurred, but in general the conduct of the negro population had been ememplary, and the general, at least the prevalent, opinion seemed to be that the Ist of Atreus!, the last stage of the great experiment of freedom, would Tress off as the preparatory one had done, without any of those disasters which the prophets of evil foretold as the inevitable consequences of justice and humanity. In an article which we copied from a Jamaica paper into our impression of yesterday, but which our space did not allow us to accomeanv with any comment at the time, this dispasitien of a certain party iii Jamaica, as well as in the other islands, to misrepresent the conduct of the negroes, is strikingly manifest. The article in question expresses great fears of the then ap proaching Ist of August ; but the papers since received from the other islands represent, as we have already stated, that everything was going on well, except upon the part of the anti.abolitionists, who, by passing oppressive laws, con tending for starvation wages, and adopting every manoeuvre to increase their own power, and, consequently, to abr:dge, that of the negroes, were doing all that in them lay, but still without any prospect of success, to exasperate that portion of the community into acts of violence and outrage. The Jamaica article is quite furious against the small allot ment system adopted by a certain proprietor in the neigh bourhood of St. Andrew's, though many benevolent indivi duals in this country have encouraged the same system as a means of improving the character of the labourer, and attaching him to the country and its institutions, by giving him a direct interest in the soil. But the motive of the writer soon betrays itself; the tendency of those small allotments being,as he conceives to prevent the establishment of a certain rate of wages, at which he is anxious to fix the remuneration of the labourer. Thus every move the anti-abolitionists make, and every argument they advance, is tainted with that sordid spirit which first made them tyrants, and still continues them incendiaries. One of the proofs adduced to show that great fears are entertained of an outbreak on the Ist of August is the fact of a proclamation having been issued by the Governor of one of the islands, ex horting the negroes to good and peaceable conduct. Verily a man must be at a great loss for an insurrection, if this paternal act of the Government be, as it is in this case, the strongest corroboration with which he can fortify his opi nion of its approach. But what will not men do, and how will they not argue, who have an interest, or think they have an interest, in breaking up the foundations of society, and poisoning the very fountains of social happiness ! Upon the whole it is evident, on comparing the last accounts with the one to which we have been alluding, that, if there be an evil spirit at work in the West Indies, it is the spirit of tyranny struggling for its lost dominion. The Abolition Papers last received notice a recent Act of the local Legislature, to show where the blame rests, if there be any bad feeling between the planters and the labourers. This is a rigorous Vagrant Act, ex pressed in terms so general as to give an almost discre tionary power to the planters and proprietors over every unfortunate negro who may happen to be thrown out of employment for a short while. Every one will see the cautious vigilance that is required in legislating upon such a subject in the present state of those colonies. No law is more likely to be turned into an instrument of oppres sion, if not guarded by the most scrupulous exactness in alias details. But it would require more time and space than we can afford at present to notice the various expe dients resorted to for the purpose of restoring tyranny, and defeating the good that has been done. We hope and trust, however, that the prophecies of approaching vio lence will, like all their other prophecies, be contradicted by the fact, and that the negroes will continue to prove their claim to the rights and privileges of freemen by ex hibiting those qualities which their enemies deny them, which their friends assert on their behalf, but which no one can establish to the satisfaction of the world but them. selves.—Mornin g - Trerald. The Duke of Weliri7:ifton is, no doubt, an influential ence of the Queen of th ese man, and worthy the cont;,!. realms. Upon military and affairs he mu s t b e an excellent counsellor; but how did it ;,2open that he w as consulted before all others upon the doete.ne delivered by her Majesty's Chaplain from the pulpit? With the greatest deference to the Noble Duke, we cannot sup pose he, a soldier, aspires to the character of a theologian. Upon doctrinal points, the Archbishop of Canterbury, or the keeper of the Queen's conscience, were the persons to dear up all conscientious scruples in the Royal mind ; but we find by some of the public statements, that the Governor 51 the Tower and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports is the man selected to give an opinion upon the sermon of a minister of the Gospel, and decide whether it be orthodox or not. The Duke is made to say the sermon contained nothing the Queen might not hear, and 'he result is, a demonstration of her Majesty's good opinion rd confidence in the preacher. There must be some rill this statement.—Morning Advertiser. The publication with impunity by Mr. Richard antler such papers as his last address to the people of Eng- And, proves that Mieisters see nothing in the circumstances of the times to render it prudent to put the law in force against him. That an express invitation to the people to arm and train with a view to revolution is a violation of the law, is beyond all doubt ; but if those who are responsible for the peace of the country see in these threats only the ravinge of a man who is ambitious of attracting attention, and deein it imprudent to allow it even to be supposed that they believe in the possibility of any portion of the people being influenced by them, they do wisely perhaps in allowing Eire; 0 istler to talk as big as lie pleases to his subjects. We are far from under-rating the mischlef ceased by the man who takes advantage of the ignoeence of the multitude toin- Lm their animosity against all who seek to carry the New l'eor'-!:ew into effect ; arid we are aware that great excesses have been committed, which will no doubt draw down se sere pueislnnent on the beads of those who have been guilty of them. But the persons liable to he wrought on to offend the laws in such cases are not very formidable ritetuies to the State ; and Mr. Richard Oastler's invita tions to civil war are perhaps less dangerous in reality than tecret insti g atioes to violence which it might not be so easy to deal with. The people of the North of England St ern to understand tolerably well the nature of the danger they .ve to apprehend from the big talk about arming of the Rev. Mr. Stephens and Mr. Richard Oastler. In fact, the danger which is most to be apprehended is that fa OM such organizations 36 those of the Uniane, of the fearful work ings of %Chic"' the late Edinburgh trials afforded a strik jets; evidence. What Mr. Richard Oastler really me ditates we cannot undertake to say ; but the tines which precede revolutions and convulsions, are seldom di tinguished 1 , 4 r such free talking es that of his late address. Our weethy contemporary (the ,Standard) must not believe that we the l e ss y-tlu.! his good intentions, if we say we place our reliance on Mr, Richard Oastler's not ern barking in a civil war on surer groune.'„' •ban the success of his exhortations. The pathetic adds ess of ns:r ContemPes airy to King Oastler is, no doub!, exceedingly mo.7g " I!'" says the Standard, " our voice might prevail v.:! 11 Mr. Oastler, we should implore him to pau , ,e and meditate upon these two terrific words—•civil war'—civil war, so fright • ful in any shape, but most frightful when the best men of a nation arc the antagonist parties. Tht New Peor-law is cruel—the factory system is cruel; but their combined cruel ties would net in three years produce such amount of buffering to the humble classes as a single week of civil war, entailing at tt.e same time as much misery to follow as even the Poor-law and than factory system can inflict. 'We do not speak or the palsy by which the industry and commerce of the country would be smitten through the calamity, though this would visit the working people of the island with unspeakable wretched siess. We entreat Mr. Oastler to array before his eyes the bug melancholy train of widows, and orphans, and of childless yr.rent3, whom a recourse to vi o l ence must prepare, to set the land in mourning. We supplicate him to forecast, as with his p rav erfu I understanding he can, the legacy of long-enduring hatred among brethren whom any eruptio n of violence must fasten upon England. We believe that in this appeal we speak the sense of the Conservatives of England. We know that we have often before urged the same considerations, without in curring the reproof of any one of them." We have no doubt that our Contemporary really be hoves that there is nothing between us and civil war but the effect of his exhortations on King Oastler ! and it is, therefore, kind in him to use his influence so seasonably.— Morning Chronicle. The determination of the French Government to coun tenance the conduct and enforce th e d eman d s of its diplo matic agent in M.:•xico, coinciding w ith t h e simultaneous action of its diplomacy and marine on the South American s States, proves the dchborate adoption by France of a sys tematic line of policy in he r transatlantic r e l ations , whic, ftom its anti-national characterand its direct oppo s iti on to the interests of England, implies its being traced out and supported by a power hostile to nn alliance between Er gland and France, and consequently . to the prosperity of totb. The ambitious views of Russsia and the United States on the territories of the Mexican Confedera tion, evinced in the appropriation of New Albion and in the separation of the Texa s—acts which could not have been accomplished without a consciousness of the ignorance or supineness of England—would hay e sufficed to stimulate France to claim a share in the partition of M ex i co , had not such a design been indispensable to the progress of Russian aggrandisement, as forming the bond o f an a lli ance b etween the three mari time rivals of England fnr the defence and extension of their respective usurpations, and as diverting the attention of the West from the establishment of the supremacy of the Em peror over the Easter n h em i sp h ere b y t h e occupation of c oLs ontinople and the D ar d ane ll es. Th e co i n cidence be tween the dcm;,nds of France on tie Me\ican Gov(rom , 2:lt and the stipulations extorted by Russia from the Sultan in the treaty of Adrianople,* is not has remarkable than the indication of ulterior views equally betrayed in both. A portion of the claims advanced by the Baron de Def . - faudis, if they can at all be gathered fron; the 28 pages of his id/in/a/um, the most disgraceful state paper that has ever et issued from a civilized Government, is compro mised in the following extract : " I. Within the term, reckoning from the date hereof, to tie 15th of next May, the Treasury of the Republic will de liver in Vera Cruz, so that it may be shipped onboard the ves sels of the French naval division which are 13ing off this port, the sum of 600,000 dolls.: the liquidation of which the Govern ment of the King reserves to itself, as also the division thereof amongst the Frenchmen who have been sufferers in the Mexican territory of the injuries indicat(d in the three follow ing caes : " Ist. Plunder and destruction of property by the mob, and by the belligerent parties during the civil disturbances. " Forced loans, collected by violence. " 3d. Denials of justice, or arbitrary decisions, iniquitous and illegal sentences against the security of prson end pro perty, which have been given by the administiativa authorities, both military and judicial. This payment being carried into eff, , ct, the Mexican Go vernment wiil remain entirely free from all claims on the part of France, which arc comprehended in the three clases above mentioned, and which may be of a date anterior to the Ist of the present month of March." _ _ It is clear from the first of these paragraphs that the 600,000 dollars in hard cash were not required for the pay ment of the French citizens at Mexico, who could have been paid by bills negotiable on the spot, without the ne cessity of the dangerous and double transport of specie from Mexico to Vera Cruz, thence on board the squadron in the Gulf, and then back again to Vera Cruz and Mexico. The destination of the 600,000 dollars to an entirely different object than the French claims is manifest, from the fact of their being required for intended distribution among the vessels of the squadron—from the French Government reserving to- itself the liquidation of the sum—from the aggregate of the claims specified in the ultimatum, amounting to only 46,666 dollars—and from the otherwise inexplicable refusal of the French Mi nisters to admit the arbitration of a third power, or even a French and Mexican Commission of Adjudication. Of the honesty of France towards her own subjects on similar oc casion, we have a notable instance in her treatment of the pretended French sufferers in the regency of Tripoli, who have not to this day received a fraction of the 800,000 f. ex torted by Admiral Rosamel from the lley in 1830, in a a treaty which had never been alluded to prior to the con fessions of Marshal Bourmont, and had never seen the light until published by the Times on the 20th ult. The attempted plunder of the treasuries of Mexico and Buenos Ayres, like that of Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, appears intended to maintain the extraordinary augmentation of the navy of France, incessantly communicating with al most every port from New York to California. The demands of France for an exemption of her citizens from militia -rates, from the taxes necessary for the defence of the country in which they reside, from the jurisdiction of the native tribunals—in other words, from the laws to which the natives are subjected —are in compatible with the freedom and independence of Mexico, since by placing foreigners in a position of superiority over the natives, the concession would tend to the formation of an exclusive influence in favour of a foreign State, render ing the authorities and institutions contemptible in the eyes of the natives, and necessarily leading to anarchy. The in jury to French commerce and manufactures f rom thi s un justifiable policy will be apparent , if we look to the probable diversion of the commerce of Mexico through the adjoin ing British settlement of . Honduras, a c ons id erat i on no l ess important to the commercial communities of England than of France, to whose united exertions both nations can alone look for safety against the demoralising influence which is still suffered to direct the counsels and compromise the in terests, honour, and existence of each. Of th e pos i t i on an d importance of our possessions along the sou th- western fron tier of Mexico, the reader will be enabled to form his own opinion from the extracts inserted yesterd a y o f our trea ti es with Spain and her emancipated colony.—Tintes. • ARTICLE 7 OP THE TREATY OP ADRIANOPLE.—" The sub jects of Russia shall enjoy throughout the whole extent of the Ottoman Empire, as well on land as on sea, the full and en tire liberty of commerce secured to them by the anterior treaties concluded between the two high contracting parties. No impediment shall be offered to this freedom of commerce, and it cannot be thwarted in any case, nor on any pretext, by any prohibition or restriction whatsoever, either of adminis tration or internal legislation. The subjects, vessels, and goods of Russia shall be protected from all violence and chi cane. The former shall remain under the jurisdiction and exclusive police of the Minister and of the Consuls of Russia.' Next to the celebrated Stoney-Stratford story of the late Mr. Joseph Miller, we do not remember a finer speci men of the genuine non-sequitur than is to be found in the Morning Chronicle of yesterday. Our philosophical Contemporary gives an extract from a speech of my Lord Normanby's at Roscommon, in which the Noble Lord is made to hint his feeling that " the existing laws are not in every instance in unison with the wishes and circumstances of the people," It would be very odd if the law were in . . every instance in unison with the wishes of the people, and especially of such a people as the Irish, who, from whatever cause, are peculiarly exposed to the operation of it. One could not reasonably expect, for instance, that the law - that intePferes with attacks on life or property should be very popular with the midnight legisla tors who set fire to a cottage, fur the sake of a little ball-practice at the inmates, as they endeavour to escape through the burning roof. But to remind an Irish audience that the laws are not in unison with their wishes, does not, at first sight, appear the best way of keepine them quiet. The Chronicle, however, thinks—or speaks at Last--differently ; and therein consists the notability of the non-aquil/ir, " These are not," quoth our Ministerial Contemporary, " the words of one who seeks to arouse the passions of a people smarting coder the recent sense of wrong and insult." That this inference is not quite legiti mately deducible from the premises, must, we think, be ad. mitten ; but if it he not a logical conclusion, it nevertheless affords a ve i-; useful hint. To be sure, the hint wants the c!iarm of novelty ; for a too welt-known Irish milndieant has acted on it for some time past, though not with the happiest effects. Mr. O'Connell bas continually told the " seven millions" that the laws aril inapplicable to their state and circumstances ; and he has tailed to produce tranquility by so telling them. We suppose we trust consider his failure its a mere accidental mode, fur we have now the weighty authority of the Chronicle, that to make men discontented is not to arms:ie tholp passions ; and as the Irish are a decently-behaved sort of persons ;sitlN9 tis Air passions arc not aroused, it s!ems dear, from the converse of the proposition, that to make them disaffected is the sure way to keep the m quiet. A valuable light is thus thrown on the hitherto mysterious anomaly in the condition of Ireland, The Conservatives have not only endeavoured to make the ;lid) satisfied with the existing laws, but they have even passed laws for no other purpose, that we can see, except to satisfy them. Duos Oita not fully account for the milk in the cocoa nut ? The Irish are still a dis contented people. The political world ought really t ► reel deeply indebted to the joint labours of Lord Normanhy and the Moriiiiq, Chronicle.—Morning Post. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-110USE. young woman 0 : respectable appearance, whose nanitt A was not mentioned, was bros::lit before the LORD MAYOR, charged with having made a most der,rmined__ attempt to drown be-self. It was stated that the poor young creature had left the place in which she had been employed as children's maid for nine teen months, and much respected, in order to make prepara tions for an expected change in her condition, His Lordship then had some serious conversation with the poor unhappy girl, who promised to do all in her power to get rid of the idea of the cruel manner in which she had been treated, and willingly returned to the Giltspur-street Eompter, to be advised by the Rev. Mr. Boddington, the Chaplain of that prison, and to be taken care of by the matron. A man, named William Davey, and a girl Sophia Bush, were charg e d w i t h h av i ng sto l en a haunch of venison, value three guineas. The Loan MAYOR—Where were you going to have the at all, your venison cooked? D avey —I wa ' nt a going to get it cooked wittles. Lordship; lam too poor to afford to eat such _ i The he LORD MAYOR — Wh y, i t didn't cost you much ? Davey am wretchedly poor, my Lord. I hadn't a halfpenny to get a bit of bread. - The LORD MAI-on—And so you took a haunch of ♦enison. Why did you take so large a quantity? Davey—lt was the most convenient piece I could see. As for the young woman, I don't know who on earth she is. I never saw her before. Sophia Bush—Never, my Lord. I only followed to sec what would be done to a man who had the imperence to take a haunch of veniiion. The LORD MAYOR . --I shall send the old man to Bridewell for two months, and I shall remand the girl till Saturday, in the expectation that her friends, if she have any, will attend. Q UEEN-SQ UA E. Caroli ne Whi te, who has been in custody since Monday on ja charge of stealing two gold watches, a quantity of plate, ewellery, linen, and furniture, the property of her mistress, Mrs. Elizabeth Morgan, of No. 47, Coleshill-street, was yes day placed at the bar for re-examination, with John Smith, a lad 16 years of age, who has since been apprehended on the same charge.—They were remanded until Friday. wQRSHIP- STREET. Yesterday James Duke vv.; ;'.!aced at the bar, charged with a brutal assault upon Sarah Heard, a young ;7;?roan with whom he cohabited. A policeman of the H division deposed to having heard exclamations of " Murder F' when he went to the assistance of the complainant. Upon seeing the state in which she was (b e ing covered with blood), he took the defendant to the station house. • The prisoner vas about to make a defence, but was vre vented by Mr. GROVE, the Magistrate, who held him to bail for six months to keep the peace towards the complainant and all her Majesty's subjects. MALL.UNION- Yesterday morning a reipcctable looking man, accompanied by his wife, applied to the Magistrate to compel his wife to return to her husband's home. The wife, however, avowed her preference of concubinage to wedlock, and said she would remain with the man and master she was then living with. Mr. TRAIL!, after stating that he had no jurisdiction in this case, informed the applicant that he could bring an action against the person with whom his wife was living in adultery, and procure a divorce in the Ecclesiastical Court. A tall, stout man named Lizers was brought up in custody on the following charge:— From the testimony of several witnesses, it appeared that on the preceding evening th e d e f en d an t l a id himself down at full length in the street, and at the same time expressed his iwention to allow his body to be passed over by the first vehicle that came along. Attenip's were made to induce him to alter his dcterminatim, but he was resolute in his intention, and on the approach of a dray 'wavily laden he still remained extended at his full length, until three or four cracks of a whip applied over his posteriors by the drayman made him jump up with great alacrity. The defendant made the most horrible grimaces from the pain produced by the lash ; and, on gaining his legs, instead of attacking the drayman who had inflicted the chastisement upon him, be ran most furiously at a mere spectator, and: " pitched into him right and left," exclaiming, " Take that, you vagabond, what business had you to interfere if I wanted to kill myself?" When the police came up the defendant tried to trip up their heels, and con. ducted himself with great violence throughout. The Magistrate inquired whether the defendant was under the influence of liquor at the time he laid down in the road, and said that be wanted a vehicle to pass over his body ? A policeman in reply said that he did not appear to be dis guised in liquor, but that he might have had a drop in him at the time. , The Magistrate asked the defendant what he had to say in explanation of his extraordinary conduct. The defendant in answer said that he had been drinking, and that he supposed it was all the effects of liquor. The Magistrate said that the defendant ought to be much obliged to the brewer's drayman for exercising his whip on the occasion, and preventing the foolish man from being run over and killed. Defendant—lf your worship will look over it this time, I shall never be brought here again under similarcircumstances. The Magistrate being satisfied with this promise, the de fendant, [whose clothes were covered with mud, was dis charged. THAMES- OFFICE. Yesterday Richard Macdonald alias Trotter, the mate of a collier brig, and who was stated to be the son of a shipowner, and John Brown, the mate of another coal ship, were brought before Mr. Brodcrip and Mr. Green wood, charged with committing a violent assault on Mr. J. Pelham, the solicitor, of Old Gravel-lane, who practises at this and.other police offices, and also with assaulting Wm. James Adams, his clerk. . At the conclusion of the hearing of the case, Mr. BRODERIP and Mr. GREINWOOD said, from the evi dence before them, it appeared a very savage and unprovoked assault had been committed on a respectable solicitor and his servant, and if the prisoners had no answer to make to the strong prima facie case against them they deserved most se vere punishment. Any sentence the Bench could inflict would fall far short of the punishment the prisoners ought to be subjected to. It would - be a farce to fine th em 51. for such an assault. They should, therefore, call upon them to find bail, themselves in 601. each, and two sureties of 301. each in each case, to appear and take their trials at the next Sessions, for assaulting and beating the complainants. The prisoners, not being prepared with the bail, were locked up. THE BIRTH of a GREAT PRINCIPLE. (From the Scotsman. If honour is duo to those who have broken the chains of mental bondage, and established truths prolific in happy conse quences to mankind, few have such strong claims on the admi ration and gratitude of the human race, as Roger Williams, of New England. To him belongs the imperishable glory of having first asserted the great principle of Religious Liberty in its full extent, not in words only but in deeds ; not in leisure and tranquillity, but amidst severe persecution, at the expense of every worldly comfort, and at the hazard of his life. There are mysteries which arc only revealed to the pure in heart, and cannot be discovered by the understanding alone. The fervent benevolence and innate love of justice of Wil liams, led him to the knowledge of a truth which was hid from the eyes of Luther and Calvin, of Knox and Crenmer. Christianity at its birth was almost necessarily the religion of martyrs, but it became the ascendant creed in the age of Con stantine; and had " the sanctity of conscience" been en throned with it from that moment, how pure, happy, and benign, in comparison, had been the history of the last fifteen centuries I Who can recount the bloody wars, the sanguinary deeds, the vice, misery, and crime, the dishonour to religion, which have flowed from the spirit of persecution ? We boast of Using in an age of light, but this evil spirit is still in full acti vity. It is still supported in Protestant countries to a certain extent by the arm of the law ; and where this fails, it is often able to crush its victim by the force of banded factions. We have long been convinced that nearly all the evils of parse ' cution have resulted from the association of religion with temporal power. If the Voluntary system, as it existed in the three first centuries, had never been departed from; if the Roman Government, instead of taking Christianity into its foul embrace, endowing it uith wealth, and loading it with corruptions, had merely protected its professors in the enjoy ment of their civil rights, its history would have been very dif ferent. Its great truths would have been sooner known ; its true spirit sooner discovered; it would, to use a Scripture expression, have sent peace into the world instead of a sword. We would not have had the delusive unity of doctrine, of which the Catholics sometimes boast; for the varieties of human intellects will produce varieties of religious opinion to the end of time. On the contrary, we would have had at a much earlier date the diversity of sects now witnessed ; and out of their mutual controversies and conflicts, when confined to words by the neutrality of the civil power, the true principles of religious liberty would speedily have emerged. That a principle so obviously just and reasonable should have been first promulgated only in 1634, and that it shou!d be so imperfectly and rstood two centuries later, are extraordit,ary facts for which we aro unable to account, sx. cept by assuming that Christianity was subject to some per verting and corrupting agency in every country wherever it was established. Now it has existed since the ReTormation under a wide variety of forms and c:nviitions in Europe : and, amidst that variety, only one feature of uniformity can be dis covered, namely, that it was everywhere a state engine, or at least the paid servant of the Government, and independent of the people. Honour. then, etern Al honour, to the memory of Ro ger I a Voluntary of the. purest order, and the apoatle of true and entire liberty of conscience. DEATH OF A GOOD MlsEß.—Died, on Wed nesday evening, in Water lane, Rotherluthe, Joseph Bawnian, better lir t own in that neighbourhood by the appellation of f• (y4l liags,o f t c,! t t the number of these appen da g e s he d usually carried, Ile was alwaya miserably Flab', and obtaine a livelihood by collecting pieces of old rope, rags, and bones. The latter articles he has been known to stew down, with onions and piee , sof bread, fur his meals. A short time pre vious to his dissolution, when he felt poescioug hi; end wag approaching, Ito sent for his nephew who wap, eonaidering his uncle in bad circumstances, allowed bibird a shilling a ( week out of his earnings as a labourer in the Wee, India Docks), and on his arrival t Id him where his rooriev ilia , : come w ho, waz , u p in the blanked, coverlid, and llNl,saaing, wad g ti eantity of halfpence and farthings under one of the boards of the goofing, but the greater part was sowed up in the patches of his clothing, and consisted chiefly of half sovereigns. The lit had accumula ed exceeded 230/., all of which he gave to him with the eaaeption 9f Lit. That he presented to an old woman, who was very atFentiye to hint durlog li t st Hines-, The rent of his apartment he punetuarly p4id every week in halfpence. lie was an nneseally clean peraan for his way of life, and had the greatest avesalioi to repeiye 4ny ag aistar;ee from the parish. Two or three days before his death, on being *4?i/d t l tu obtain an order from the parochial autho rities, he worked hitoseir foie w groat. nassion, and actually sent for and paid a surge(,n (told; attendanee and ttiedi,..*eri., A nd spared himself no nourishment tie could obtain. Alert he was aware he could not recover, his last request was that the cost of his burial should not exceed 21. lOs , and that he should not ba ieorre4 in the ground app ro p r i a t e d for paupers. most striking instance of the u ncerta i nty o f hu man life Gould scarcely be afforded than that which o?currcd in Ayr on Wednesday, in the case of Sandy Andersoncoach beenl n thoen service of being coach porter, a man of about 60 years of age. O n Wednesday we saw him walk past the Malt Cross towards the bridge, and in less than five minutes afterwards he was a corpse I H e reached the stable-yard of the King's Arms Inn, wher e h e f e ll f rom carriedcomplete into t hle exhaustion,stable eand adjacent. died almostne had immediately w re h c i e le nt i l n y t d b e e ce n a rm sl , w S i i t r h ‘ w V b il o li m am h ewasa great Maxwell, of favourite,Monreith Bart., and has thus sur vived his old ma s t e r b y only one week.—Ayr Advertiser. Advertiser. ar t t h ., s The Bedfast News Letter, a pacific, do-nobody-no harm Paper in general, has been induced, by Mr. Sharman Crawford's last attack on Mr. O'Connell, to mingle in the political fray, and take up arms in defence of the former gen tleman. On Tuesday our Irish recruit went through ilia exer cise in a most exemplary manner, fired away for a long time at the Melbourne Administration, looked fierce, spoke loud, and after having flourished his heartless pen until he could flourish it no longer, he floundered in the dirt, uttering these words Th e Irish patriots,' too, have made an edifying exhibition of themselves ; and if it be true that supplementary' compen sation' is in reserve fur some of the unendowed, as Mr. Craw ford supposes, it will add new and interesting features to the already overcharged picture of political delinquency." STATE OF TRADE (MONDAY).-- , ..T0-day we have had a good attendance of buyers, and some kinds of pieces have met with a ready sale, at a small advance in price. The stocks in the manufacturers' hands are unusually light, and it is hopea that this will lead to an advance of the hand loom weavers' wages,_fi4olern tstandard, ThiouTHY 1—" Guidman," said an 414 so b er wo . man the nine, tjay to her husband, who is the very reverse, `f l daursay ye hae drecken homeryPr time. dauratty hae, guidwife, but I'm thinkingkecl! a thacJ age, for f fin the stow' o' the ruif i' my throat yet," EXECUTION OF GEORGE MASKE LYNE ALIAS MASLEN, AT DEVIZES. (From our Second Edition of last night.) THURSDAY, t Err. 6. —Our readers are doubtless aware of the circumstances of this case. The wretched man who this day und, rwent the extreme F enten ce of the law in front of the new p, ison, Deviz: , s, was tried at the last Wilts Summer As sizes, held at Devizes, by Mr. Justice Parke, for having, in the month of January last, shot at Mr. Bryan Rumbold, his em ployer, at Lyneham, on his master's return from market. The confession made by him, August 25th, is as follows: " On Monday evening, two days before I shot at Mr. Rum bold, I borrowed Mr. Fregard's gun,' for the purpose of de stroying rabbits. On the Wednesday following I was working in the wood for Mr. Fregard. After dinner-I made up my mind to shoot Mr. Rumbold, as he came from the market, and rob him of his money. I charged the gun a little before it was dark, and then went and placed two hurdles across the gap through which Mr. Rumbold had to pass, and waited at the corner till he came up to the place. In about ten minutes he came up to the place, and I immediately shot at him. It was dark. I could not see him, at least not clearly. I think I was about four yards from him when I fired the gun. Mr. Rum bold's horse jumped round, and went down the ground at a smart pace, and I went round the wood to go home. I got home about eight o'clock that night. The M of GEORGE MASKELYNE. Witness, THOMAS HEYWOOD. At an early hour this morning Devises was crowded to ex cess, and the numbers which lined the streets would have led the stranger to believe that some great merriment was the cause. However, twelve o'clock, the fatal hour, at length ar rived, and shortly after, the wretched man, by the assistance of the officers (for he appeared entirely unnerved), was placed under the deadly noose. At this time not less than 23,000 persons were present, some hundreds of whom were from the neighbourhood where the act was committed. The execu tioner having adjusted the rope, and the Lord's Prayer having been said, the culprit hastily exclaimed, " Oh dear I when shall I drop the handkerchief;" and immediately the bolt was drawn, and he was launched into eternity. Maskelync was born at Woodborough in the year 1804, and of poor parents. His premature death seems to have been the effect of a licen tious course of life ; but we are happy to add that he was an unmarried man, and we may add, that be was a very ignorant man. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Auc. 13. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of Lord Foley, to appoint Charles Shakeshaft, Esq., one of her Majesty's Honour able Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, vice Mercer, retired. WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 7, 1838. 2d Regiment of Life Guards—Cornet and Riding-master J. King to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Vyse, deceased, Aug. 22. 21st Regiment of Foot—R. Nicholson, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dawson, whose appointment has been cancelled, Sept. 7. 29th Foot—Major Hon. C. A. Wrottesley, from 95th Foot, to be Major, vice Walter, who exchanges, Sept. 7. 46th Foot—Captain S. Spooner, from the half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice T. Armstrong, who exchanges, receiving the difference, Sept. 7. 48th Foot—Lieutenant J. W. Smith to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Phelps, who retires, Sept. 7 ; Lieutenant B. Riky to be Captain, by purchase, vice Burslem, who retires, Sept. 8 ; Ensign H. Bromley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Smith, Sept. 7 ; Ensign C. S. Boyle to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice itiky, Sept 8 ' • R. Bateman, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bromley, Sept. 7 ; R. Warburton, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Boyle, Sept. 8. 51st Foot—Lieut. J. Hughes, from the half-pay of the 82d Foot, to be Lieutenant, repaying the difference, vice Foreman, pro moted, Sept. 7. 55th Foot—Ensign E. G. Daniell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cuffe, who retires; J. Frend, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Daniell, Sept. 7. 77th Foot—P. Duff, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mills, promoted, Sept. 7. 90th Foot—Major J. Singleton, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice G. G. Nicolls, who exchange s , rec e i v i ng th e diff erence , Sept. 7. 95th Foot—Major J. Walter, from the 29th Foot, to be Major, vice Wrottesley, who exchanges, Sept. 7. UNATTACHED. Lieut. E. Forman, from the 51st Regiment, to be Captain, with out purchase, Sept. 7. BREVET. Capt. S. Spooner, of the 46th Foot, to be Major in the Army, June 28. MEMORANDUM. The Christian names of Ensign Penrose, of the 10th Foot, are James NVilliam Edward. ERRATUM in the' GazAte" of the 31st August last. For Lieut.- Col. A. F. Macintosh, of the 50th Foot, to be Co lonel in the Army, read Lieut.-Col. A. F. Macintosh, of the 76th Foot, to be Colonel in the Army. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire. Royal Denbigh Militia.—E. L. Kenyon, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, July 2. BANKRUPTS. CHRISTOPHER GEORGE, builder, Paddington-street, Marylebone, to surrender Sept. 17, at ten, and Oct. 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Bicknell, Manchester-street, Manchester-square. JOSEPH CORNS, jun., cabinet-maker, Birmingham, Sept. 17, and Oct. 19, at one, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Philipps and Conquest, Size-lane, Buekierabury, London ; Part ridge, Birmingham. GEOlt GE CLARKSON, victualler, Sheerness, Sept. 22 and Oct. 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, Ab church-lane, official assignee ; Hardingham, Millman -street, Bed ford-row. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. NV. Charleton and J. H. Reddel, white lead manufacturers, Ber ners-street, Commercial-road East, Sept. 29, at eleven. E. Pope, draper, March, Cambridgeshire, Oct. 3, at two. R. Martin, linen draper, Oxcord-street, Oct. 1, at twelve. J. H. Tyre and S. Lightfoot, merchants, Great St. Helens, Oct.. 3, at one. 11. Pease, mahogany merchant, Leeds, Sept. 20, at twelve. In the Country. B. Boothby, sen. and B. Boothby, jun., ironfounders, Notting ham, September 28, at eleven, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham. W. Harris, merchant, Manchester, Oct. 11, at eleven, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. W. and J. E. Marshall, worsted spinners, Horton, Yorkshire, Oct. 3, at one, at the Exchange-buildings, Bradford. J., J., and W. Forfter, hankers, Carlisle, Oct. 3, at eleven, at the Crown and Mitre Inn, Carlisle. T. Pitt, merchant, Soutlitown, Suffolk, Oct. 9, at eleven, at the Star Tavern, Great Yarmouth. B. Clay, timber merchant, Huddersfield, Oct. 2, at twelve, at the George Inn, Huddersfield. 'f. Tabberer, cheesemonger, Birmingham, Oct. 8, at twelve, at the Stork Tavern. Birmingham. S. Pitchforth, woodsawyer, Brighouse, Yorkshire, Oct. , eleven, at the George Inn, Huddersfield. - T. Milward, grocer, Bradford, Oct. 3, at eleven, at the Court House, Bradford. S. Nunn, corn merchant, Rickinghall Superior, Suffolk, Oct. 6, at twelve, at the Globe Inn, Bury St. Edmund's. T. Theobald, bombasin manufacturer, Norwich, Sept. 29, at ten, at the Angel Inn, Norwich. F. Howe, hotel keeper, Margate, Sept. 23, at six, at the London Hotel, Margate. S. Brown, grocer, Tealby, Lincolnshire, Oct. 11, at eleven, at the Public-building, Louth. G. Saffery, scrivener, Market-Rasen, Lincolnshire, Oct. 11, at eleven, at the Pnl.!lie-linilding. .1. llatehett, saddler, Liverpool, Oct. 24, at one, at the Claren don Rooms, Liverpool. C. Cooper, grocer, Liverpool, Sept. 29, at twelve, at the Claren don Booms, Liverpool, CERTIFICATES, Sxrr. 28. S. Morgan, toy-merchant, Birmingham. E. Marshall, grocer, Liverpool. C. Palaaer, wine-merchant, Hertford-street, May-fair. J, Sisley, baker, East Peckham, Kent. W. CIF'IndY , Pilliii.gton, Lancashire. a. Scantlebtiry, builder, David- street, New -road, 11. bore and B. Lowe, jun., skinners, Worcester. W. Hund, watch- manufacturer, Atherstone, Warwickshire. D. Morgan, butcher, Islington. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Gosling and T. Eglev, booksellers, New Bond-street, I'. 4ncl l : Massey, mitnto:actprers, Norwich, D. Alapfarlan ;431(1 11. Maitland, nlintiorgh, II: Taylor and R. 111arriori, Waders, C. ant A. triant, tailors, Bognor, 4 ; Williams ariii Q. Pnllingcr, printers, Chip:water, J. Horne and T. Fenton, glass-merchants, Barbican. G. J. Skipper and J. Mayott, tallow-chandlers, Great Tower street. T. Russell and W, Branscombe, carriers, Exeter, Itosel, It. S. tio q ros, 40 W. Lnscomho, earrlers, Lwidan. T. Russell, W. Branscombe, R. S. 004rtis, and W, Lusoombe, carriers. D. Owens and J. Kempster, timber-dealers, Liverpool. w, Lawton and J, Heathcote, engineers, Rumworth, Lama obleo, T. C. Orchard and E. Gilbert, tea-dealers, Liverpool. W. Hamilton and G. Morley, Itbtian-manufacturers, Man chester. P. J. Quesnee and P. Parent, tailors, Poland street. T. R. Phillips, C. Fisher, and M, C. Porter, linen-drapers, Tewkesbury. J. Crisp, jun., R. Ulph, J. Jermyn, W. Lenny, and W. Sewell, brewers, Beetles, Suffolk, J. Morbey and ('o., paper-makers, Darenth, Kent. R. Whitfield and T. Vattinson, architects, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. GEORGE SOMMERVILLE, builder, Glasgow, Sept. 12 an V, ,t tyyg, at the Eagle Inn, Glasgow, CHEAP LITERATURE. —We have to record the appearance getting up, a vo lume, which, whether for cheap ness or style we believe to be alt oge th er w i t h out a par in gti parallel even e in these days of cheap literature—lye all u d e t o t h e new volume of Colburn's Modern Novelists, consisting of the Second Series of Mr. Theodore Hook's "Sayings and Doings," which contains 600 pages of letter press (a quantity equalling that of four ordinary post Bvo. volumes), with illustrations, and the price of which, bound, is but Six Shillings I On the merits of Mr. Hook's popular " Sayings and Doings" it is quite unnecessary to dilate : it is only necessary, we arc con vinced, to call the attention of novel readers to the publica tion of this Second Series, to insure for the work a sale com mensurate with the ogtlay wbich It must have cost the pub lisher to produce it in so cheap, portable, and elegant a form. ABORIGINES.—On Tuesday last there was a pub lic meting in Edinburgh, to consider the expediency of forming an Auxiliary to th e L on d on Aborigines Protection Society. The long pendingPitie4.iPn resvoing the payment fpr t4a irop tence in front lof the Ladi e 'Qh ape l, S out h war k, .• a t lengthbropght to a close, as it wjll be paid by Mr. Hum iibery 40 the ()orporati on o f 0 0 °iv, PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES,&c. &c. &c. LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 7. Number Dividend Price of per CANALS. per iheres. Annum. Paid• Share 1,766 7 per cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 971.185. sh. 135 1,082 41, A shby.de-le-Zoueli Average 1 lei.sh. 65 1,2:0 Basiegstoke lOO/.0, 5 1,005 51. Brecknock and Abergavenny 1500 she 100 8,0001-163 h. 91 6s. Birmingham, 1-10th share .. . tlei. & 711. 223 4.1100 Ditto and Liverpool Junct...l.9/. sh. 100 pd 241 600 31. Bridgewater and Taunton ....1001. sh. all pd 64 400 4/. Chelmer and Blackwater 1012. sh. 102 500 481. Csventry 'OO/ sh. 745 4,545 Croydon -•.. ...... ...,. Average 31/.26.10d. sh. 3 2,0601 4!. 0.4. Dudley loo/. sh. S 3 600 Ili. Derby lOO/ sh 123 2'),000 4 per cent. Oanutle and Mayne 4l/.135. 4d .pd 20 3,5751 3!. Ellesmere and Chester Average 133/. sla. 77 231 461. Erewash 1001. en. 700 1,297 28/. Forth and Clyde Average $1101.165. sh. 570 1,600 121. Grand Junction 100!. sh. 202 2,e49i 1/. Grand Union 1001.0 25 11,50') Grand Surrey lOOl. sh. 20 0,000/. 4/. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lO3l t 3 3 096 600 131. 12s. ed. Gleinnrganshire, Average cost 17e/. 135.43. 238 749 Ioe. Grantham 1.50/ sh 203 6,233 2!. Os. Huddersfield Average 57/. 6s. 6:1. sh. 37 100 Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 10 5.3 ° 9 11. ss. Kennet and Avon, Average 39/.lBs. 10.1. sh. 251 2,907 f 24/. Leeds and Liverpool e .. 100/. sh. 670 5451 131. Leicester - l4O/ sh. 220 1,897 6/. Os. Leicester and Northampton... Aver. 63/.los. 91 2.400 10/. Monmouthshire 100/ .sh. 201 150 10/. Melton Mowbray 100/. eh. 200 500 25/. Mersey and lrwell 1001. sh. 560 3.000 11. 10s. Macclesfield 1001• sh. all pd. 52 247 171. Neath 100/. sh. 325 2,400 51. Pea k Fo rest Aveiege about 751. sh. 104 1,418 12e. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. 16s. Bd. sh. 161 5,60 6!. per cent. Rochdale Average 85/. sh. '7ll 500 81. Shropshire 1251. sh. 138 800 9/.los. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 1511 3,6001. 41 per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock l2l. 10s. sh. 111 700 401. Stafford and Worcester 1401. sh. 710 500 9/, Shrewsbury 123/. sh. 4 :eo 300 9/. Stourbridge ......._. 1451, sh. 330 3,647 2/. Os. Stratford-on.AVOI, ...Average 791. 9s. od. sh. 40 533 15/. Swansea 100/. sh. 250 3,762 11. 158. Severn and Wyc and Railway ... Ar. 35/. sh, 35 2,600115. 32/. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 1 share 100/. sh. 600 6,149 1,)0055• 161. Warwick aed Birmingham 100/.sh. 281 I,ooolste 9SO 151. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. ?co 6,000 4/.05. Worcester and Birmingham...Av.7Bl.Bs. sh. 731 5,000 255. Wilts ana Berke .. Average 67/. 10s: 83. sh. 23 800 31. Ve yrley and Essington 125/. sh 76 126 905 Is. Wey and Arun 1101. sh. 221 DOCKS. 2,600& / 3p. c Commercial .:001. sh. 56 1,06515 h East and West India Stock 109 3,238,310 f/. 555. p.et. London Stock 60 Ditto Bonds lOl 2,e09 2/. 19e. Bristol 03,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll3 1,352,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 105 500,000 41 per oent. Ditto Bonds . lO2 200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds fur 10 years lOOl 1.500 • •.•. Deptford Pier BRIDGES. 1,600 ifs. Hammer:mei , 5O/. sh. 221 7,231 Southwark, Old 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, of 7,4 r: cent. 5O/. sh. 14 5,000 5,000 18s. Bd. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/. 6O/. pd 19 5,000 16s. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 171 60,0001. 51. per cent. Ditto Bones llB 5,5318 17. Vauxhall Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh. 23 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3110 s Albion 5001. sh. 50/. pd 80 ere , s 5 per cent./ Alli ance , B r iti s h & F ore i gn 100/. sh. 10f/. psi 141 50 '"" - ' 1, and 15s. 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 5!. pd 61 24,000 11. per sh. Atlas 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 14f 1,200 fsh. Si. Birmingham 1' ire 20,000 41. per cent. British Fire 250/.Bh. 50/. pd 40 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 50/. sh. 5/. pd 5; 5,000 5/. percent. Clerical, Metliestl,&c. Life, ICol.sh. 2110 s pd 4 4,000 2/ lOs County 1001. sh. 10/. pd 401 20,000 ss. Eagle 501. sh. 5/. pd 51 „„,., c 5 per cent. Economic Life / 1000 /.: h. 250/. pd 375 '''''' land 301 bs.j 2,271 225. per cent. European LI to 0 0/. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 2/. pd If 1,000,0061. 71. per et. Globe Steck 1431 20,000 Si' Guardian lOO/. sh. 2711 pd 3.51 40,000 Os. 6d. Hope 2,400 51. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 501. pd 130 7,500 9s. Imperial Lite 100/. sh. 10/. pd 101 13,458 41. per cent. Indemnity Marine 100/. sh. Si. psi 23 2,020 31 105 Kent Fire t 50/. sh. all pd 82 31. Ditto Life 79 10,000 16s. Law Life 1001. sh. 101. pd 251 5.000 10s. London, Fir- 25/ sh 121. 10s. pd 101 3,900 10s. London, Ship 251. sh. 121. 10s. pd 101 1,000,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 100/. sh. 30,000 5/. per cent. Palladium Lite 50/. sh. 2/. pd 918 s 04 50,000 41. per cent. Protector Fire 2Ol. sh. 2/. pd 17s Od 2,500 11. Provident Die 100/. sh. 10/. pd 20 ' 200,000 ss. Rock Life 201. sh. 1/. pd 7 689,2201 51. per cent. Royal Exchange Stock... 2251 6,000 5 per cent. University Life lOO/. sh. Si. sed 51 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 1001. sh. 51. pd 71 JOINT STOCK BANKS 1 25,000 IS per cent. A gric. and Comm. of Ireland 251. sh. 10/. pd 5,000 Australasia 4Ol. sh. 40/. pd 62 j 10,000 10 percent. Bank of Bit iningham 5Ol. sh. 10/. pd 13 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/. sh. Si. pd 165 3 . 1,000 5 per cent. London and Westminster ...100/. sh. 201. pd 231 60,000 51. London Joint Stock 501. sh. 10/. pd 12 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster lOOl. sh. 20/. pd 30 25,000 Liverpool 1001 sh. 101. pd 23: 100,000 7/ per cent Manchester and Liverpool/ 50/. sh. 151 pd 23 District 20,000 7 per cent. Manchester 100/. sh. 251 pd 27 20,000 Provincial Bank of Ireland 100/. sh. 95/. pd 411 50, 1, 00 National Bank of Ireland -5 0 1. sh. 1711. pd 16 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. IOO/. sh. 35/. pd 341 10,000 Gloucestershire 5O/. sh. 10/. pd 20 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire Si. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPAN O/ lES. 2,500 1/ Os Od Bath 2Ol. oh. 161. pd 24 5,000 British 4O/. sh. 16/. pd 21i t's"ees r 5/.percent/ Ditto Prov i nc i al 2 0 1 . s h . 19 14.1 221 '" land 928 5/ lOs Biriningliam 5O/. sh. 98 1,250 21 Os Bristol 1,500 3/ lOs Brighton 2O/. sh. I f 750 31 10. Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 18/. pd 9 2,471 41 per cent. Brighton General 20/. sh. all pd 17 8,000 W. Continental Consolidated 1,000 10/. City of London ................100/. sh. all psi 196 1,1100 61. Ditto, New 4,000 4/.los. Equitable 50/.lxl 301 10,000 21 per cent. Imperial 800 51. per cent. Isle of Thanet 9 51. sh 2Ol. pd 20 2,350 61. per cent. Independent 3Ol. sh, all pd 49 9,000 31. per cent. Phoenix 5O/. sh. 39!. pd 221 1,000 4/. per cent Rateliff 100/. sh. SO/. pd 58 4,0410 South Metropolitan 5O/. sh. 19/. pd 17 8,200 5/. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 46/. pd 29f 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 50/ sh 50 400 5/. per cent Wakefield 251. eh. 224 9,000 3/. Westminster Chartered 6,000 12s. Ditto New 860 Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. 181. pd 11 WATER WORKS. 4,800 9s. Birmingham 251. sh. in/. pd 213 1,434 61. East London lO O/. sh. 100 5,500 21 lOs Grand Junction ....Average 411 les. 43. s h. 5 1 1 2,000 2/. Kent lOO/ sh. 43 020/. sh. 372 101. Liverpool [tootle 1,500 2/ lOs New River London Bridge Water Annuitieja u-,3 6,48(1 1/ 15s Manchester and Salford 1 0",,: sh. 54 1,0(e) 4 per cent. South London . . ... 100/. sh. 8 7 8,204 4/. West Middlesex ....Average ;eV 12s. 9d. sh. 95 1,360 11 14s York Building Co. Lee - ...ee Prop ....... 100/. sh. 35 IRON RAP: re Ay s. 6,300 Birmingham an d D erby 9,500 Bluill'eenatn and Gloucester 15,'00 r,restol and Exeter 100/. sh, 15 pd ( 6(10 .... e ... Calcutta and Saugur 5O/. sh, 2/. pd 413 7,500 Cheltenham and G. W es t ern 1001. sh. 12 1 1 1 1 IP d, to Clarence lOO/. sh. 100/ pd 40 N 12,000 Commercial Blackwell 51 4 /. sh. 2/. pd 51 8,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. sh. 21 pd Of 60,000 Eastern Counties 251. sh. 74/. pd 5 Grand Junction 100/. sh. 9: - ./. 1, I 181 Great North of England l3/. pd 9 5,601 Great Western lOO/ sh. 651. pd 781 2,000 Hartlepool lOO/. sh. IOU! 151 Ws 8,000 Hull and Selby ll 50/. sh. 151. pd 91 10,004 Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 5/. pd 2,1110 3/. per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. e 5 1,500 11.55. Leicester and Swannington -.501. oh. all Pd 75 5,103 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester-101/.sh. 100/. pd 115 10 per cent. Ditto Onarter Shares 05/. pd 61 36,000 .. London and Brighton 50/. sh. 11/ pd 9 12,000 London 31111 Blackwell 5O/. sh 3/ pd 51 20,000 3 per cent. I.c ;den and Greenwich . ...... 00/. se. eO/. pd Intl 25,000 ... . . ~.. London and Birmingham ...100/. sh. 904 pd 17 , Ditto Quarter Shares 5/ pd 28 00,640 ..... .... London and Seuthampton ....SOL sh. 5 9 1. Pd ili Ditto ditto New .15'. pd 38 11,000 ..... .... London and Croydon Trunk 'el. sh. 2 0 /. psi I'S 6, 4 00 Ditto New Scrip 12,000 Lendon Grand Junction 901. sh. 5/. pd 0 13,000 Manchester and Leeds lOO/. sh. 30/. pd 44 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham '701.85. 10/. pd 91 North Midland 1001. sh, 451. pd 45 Northe-n and Eastern.,,. 1001, sh. 151. pd Of 2,000 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 3 /. pd 364 98,000 . ... South Eastern and Dover 9/. pd 4 1,000 lee per ..... cent. Stockton and Darlington lOOl. sh. 2411 11,000 ~«..... Thames Haven 5O/. sh 2/. 10s. pd 0 1,400 Westminster and Greenwich 501. sh. 2!. pst 0 6,000 York and North Midland ...50 . sh. 121,1,11 11 MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 5/. eh. 341. jel 12 4,000 less. A lten 151 . sh. 1191. 10a I'd 12 10e000 .... Anglo Mexican, iss. 5!. tese,..lool. sh, all tel 3 Ditto Subseri;e4ea ' , U. pn 31 2,000 le Belarese 10,000 I. 10,6 Brazilian Im. iss. 51. pm 1.5/. sh. 20/. pd 2 0 6,0; Macanhas tic Cocaes United - 251 st) . 2 . 4. pd 10 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Hey "0/. el. 14/.alai 53 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company 20/. sh. 212. pd 5 10,000 ~...... Ditto Scrip.,, 101. sh. 10/. pd 10 20,000 British Ben 50/. sh. 50/ pd 91 6,000 British Copper 5/. sh. 41/. pd 1' Cate Branca.... 631. ; d . :1 Candonga 7 / 1 . pd 7 10,000 11 Copiapo 5 .20/. ,b, iv, I") 9 8,500 ... Colinnbiati, iss. 5/. eqn. „„„ 551. sh: 55/. pd . 3/ 2,850 31. English ~..‘„ . l2/ tes. pd 7 20,000 ...,•,,,,, Qe•rieritl aliiiiiag Association...2o/. ale Hi. pd 9 6,155 Mexican Company 1001. sh. 553/. pd 5 3,000 Polberou Consols . lO/. sh. 8/. pd 4,1 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered li i Ditto Loan Notes ,,,„,,,140/. p 4.1 leo 30,000 United Mexican, lea, '2 pin ~.,401.1 sh. all pd c l Ditte Scrip , ... sa `l aDitto New Scrip 51 pd 4 West lurk 50/ s h. 50/. pd 38 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 1,500 London University 5 ,„,,.1Z. sh. all el 4 2:0 700 Russell .... . es .... ••••,etes. ags. s i te 71 King' College lON. -,e 0 , rdISCELLANEoUs. • . .-. 10,000 14. Australian Agricultural..„lol.ll sh . 20/ 6,000 4/, per cent. British Americen 1.,1,1111 Cellipany 9.1).3i I)ci 5 pd 11 10,000 6/ per cent. Canada ("earl t eme. , llOl.ll. oh. 281. Pd 19 200,000 61. per mt. Upper Canada em 5.,,,,, City Bonds, 4 per cent 99 9.0,000 I/. 6s. General Steam Navigation ..151Iche 10/.percent. Hudson's Bay Stock . . . oh. 141, I'd 234 2,000 11. London Com. Sale aum4.., R. ................... “11,1....,..1• 8000 A 75/ h tee,. e• . a . 19 Caoutch e seg eee, l v atl y 051. s b . 1941. pd , 500,C00/. ..„,,,,, National Loen 1e5i.d...„,..., .......... 24 gs e eel 21 Reversionary . CIS' ltileVs ice Land Corn ps y eO/epd 2,751 SI per c,ent. lnto 50c...100/. sh. 100/. pd 1311 2,633 5/. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 70/. pd 9:4 4,41(10 Thames Tunnel 501. sh. all pd Si 10,000 6s. Van Die nct,'s Land 100(,111. ill. pd 11 LIST OF SCOTTI,SH COMPANIES' PRICES, . . . AUCi. 25, 1838. BANKS. 4500,001 i. 6/, p. ct. Bar •of Scotland B3/. 6s. Bd. sh. all NI 1991, 2,000,0)(1. 51 p. ct. Roy, of Scotland 1001 sh, all pd 1621. 500.0X'1. Bp. ct. Br.cish Linen Company 1001. sh. all pd 2401. 3,000,00C1. 6/. p. pt, Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd 177/. 5.4100,t100t. ;', o. et. iNztional lOO/.sh. 101. pd 16/, 2,000,0001. 61. p. ct. Glasgow Union 2501. sh. 50/. pd 96/. 1,000,010/. 4 p. ct. Western INS URANCE Scotland 2001. .sh 40/. pd 45/, COMPANI 251 ,000 sh. 61p. ct. Scottish Union 2Ol sh. 14 Pd Ks 7,500 61 p. ct. Hercules ~,.,,,,...v . ,,,, 1001. sh. 10/. pd 191 15q. 111',000 3p. ct. Insqrance Co. of Scotland ....10/. sh. all pd 910 s. 50,000 6p. cf.. Nor British ..... —..„,. 2001. e h. 101 . pd 184 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire,,, 1001 .h. 10/. pd 19101 5,000 f p. et. Edininugh Life 1001. sh. 10/. pd 14/13s 100,000 31 p. et. West of Scotland lOl. pd 7104 MISCELLANEOUS. 4,810 ..... (11as. Un. ch. all pd 104 Ditto Allocated 96 1 41. 1 111 pd 504 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint S tock ' alt. all pd 301 Carrnri ZPA sh• all pd 441. 4 ,0005 h 15 per i r on °l-l9 (19 -TY 50Lsh 481, pd 524 'lO OGO 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass ..„204 ah. pd 4 , 500 10 per cent. Eilinbiirgh Coal Ciar .„„„14, sir. all pd 604 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow 1.34 i 251. sh. all pd 1314 750 71 per cent. Leith gal (144 2O/. sh, all 481 1.21 Etlinburgh oral Dalkeith Rarway...so/. sh 38i )000 5 per cent, Equitable Loan Company, W.Bh, w. THE EPISCOPAL PRIESTHOOD. If the Church have any principle at all, as exhibited by the conduct of the Clergy and their panegyrists, that principle assuredly is involved in the words " pelf and self." For Mammon and the things of this earth, how many of the Clergf, show that they are w illi n g t o sacr ifi ce th e best interests 0.! society, and at the same time actually to sell themselves as !: were, to man's enemy I We meet daily with evidence of tle . sort of clerical criminality. Al m o s t ever y Newspaper that is published contains ma tt er ill us t rat i ve o f th e craft and dis honesty, which men now are accustamed to regard as charac teristics of the Establishment, whilst nearly every public do . current either is in itself or gives rise to some strong an damning proof of its inveterate vices. We are, therefore , net at all surprised to see the Parson=, particularly in c ountry towns, where their srvey is less controlled by public opinion .. than in larger districts, stirring heaven and bring into contempt the Acts for registering Births, Nlarria.ges, &c. The practice of the hyper:Veal Parsons is, we to borrow the columns of the Tory paper, circulating in t neighbourhood of the victim whom it is intended to sacrifice on the altar of orthodoxy, and publicly to anathematise any indi vidual whose religious feelings lead him to take refuge in the registrar's office, for the purpose of contracting 1115 ;:, riage. The effect of thus simultaneously appealing the prejudices of the ignorant and of casting odium. earth to the intelligent and truly conscientious, who: exercise a rig ht wrung from the grasp of a rapacious priesthood,. may be ells' Y conceived. The Dissenters complain, and n o t w ithout real: of repeated outrages of the detestable des cr ipti o n to whi. n . we refer, and a correspondent calls o ur p a rticular attent ion to a flagrant instance, where, only a week ago, the privacY of individuals have been scandalously invaded, and a violation the proprieties committed by a Cambridge paper, whose in° . dious and disgraceful attack on a couple in that town, has to day been copied by a London daily paper of extensive We ll. lation. Our friends, the friends of true religion, may, 110vr ever, be assured that attempts to vilify the good and conscicn; tious, are discountenanced by all the b e tt e r a nd soun d f, portion of the community, and that the revil er s have nes r 'l run their length in this way. It is plain to every man wb ° bath eyes to see, and understanding to comprehend the eni. ward tendency of the tinies t that the career of Church e Englandism mischief is we ll nigh ended. For ourselves , t e expect soon to find th e grow i ng demand for a reform in t ": Church crowned with ev en a more g l or i ous v i ctory than Ras the popular call for a reform in Parliament. SUCCESS Ole SHIPPING COMPANIES IN I lit NORTH OF ENOLAND.—The first C om p any esta bli s h e d in th port of Stockton was called the Union Shipping Company It was formed in 1822, and at its commen cement t h e capit a ,. was small, but is now 12,0001. This Comp an y h as pa id 50 Pe; cent, for the three years ending December, 1835, being on a a average 162 per cent., notwithstanding th e l oss o f a ve!!, which has been replaced. The second was es t a bli s hed in 17 6 and called the Commercial Shipping C om p an y, an d in a l'`„ from the Manager, dated January 20th, 1835, th e folloW 1 1; passage occurs :—" The Committee have great pleasure je ii stating to the proprietors that the profits have exel their expectations. The amount of th e siAscribed capita la' 2,9251., whereof 2,0151, has been inv es t e d i n t h re e vease o l which have made fourteen voy a g es , an d c l eare d the sutlL,„ 4541. 11s. 5d., being at the rate of 21 p er cent. f o r the o '7. they have been employed, averaging about five months: Since this.note was written the capital has increased to 12,000.120 The third was established in the year 1834, and called . 1 it General Shipping Company. This was commenced Wit i a s i small capital, which has been increased to 20,0001., 5 0 %„, per cent. has been paid from the commencement to Jalll e i dt 1836. The fourth was also established in 1834, and c a ' t t he the North York and South Durham; and at a meeting ° I shareholders, held on the 2d of February, 1836 , a report W a o f presented by the Directors, together with an abstrac t of the accounts by the audit ors , ex hibi t i ng a net pro test 1,6921. 10s. Bd. upon the past yea r . A reso l ut i on was_ "me. passed as follows : —" That th e a b stract o f the accourat.rt seated by the auditors be rece i ve d an d a d opte d , and tr. th e dividend of 15 per c en t. b e d ec l are d , to b e pa i d out 'Ol profits within one month ; and that the further tar a . r at 3421. 10s. Bd. (bein g a b out f our per cent.) b e reser , ,ed tow er is forming a guar an t ee f un d." I t will be pereeivP-:, that ets: of date these Compani es were scarce l y formed . , and yet ea,..e",,e, them had paid about 17 to 21i per cent... in fact, the pl mercial Company p a id a b out 21i per P -et:t. on an entl 3l° Y ill u e b• of the vessels for five months. F thero, •ee P accounts boo lished by these C om p an i es , i t ' appears that they We i le o most prosperous, and a re likel to continue so, having Pa' - a er• dividends and laid by guarantee funds.--Gateshead 0 The meeting which we announced a few days 8 5, 001 4 as having been project e d f or the purpose of giving etPresyft• to the public sympathy with the incarceration of the Re v L ie tly O'Donnell, has b een h e ld . The proceedings are valuable as indicatin g th e f ee li ngs of an important seet'e „ ga i. the North upon the late Tithe Bill. The speakers, wh u e t he dently, by the m anner i n w hi ch they were received, sP ic the opinions of th e vas t assem bl y, unanimously denouncedo4 measure. They readily a d m i tte d t h at there was some' less gained by it, but that something was a better, because a 1 , of embarrassed positi o n, an d a w id er fi eld to f i ght t h e bat' . total abolition.—Pilot. On Monday Thomas Badger, Esq., held an incl u r e ie t al Dalton Brook, ou the body of Mary Brown, neared oung earl woman, living at Martin, near Bawtry. It app that e mo , in this year she was engaged to be married to a 1" 4 „ c of living at 011erton, Nottinghamshire ; but, in censeq ue t he the discovery of some profligacy on his part, match, and, in her vexation, hastily married a T an n i' ml a et Brown. Still the loss of her former lover preyed uv mind ; she dreamed about him, fancied tl:,athe had drone," himself, and that she received communications from him' 1 . 9 b. Monday week she came to visit he: relations at Rawl u d 3 aef On Sueday (the feast day) her he,oand and father joine, t he there, and she entered heartil-, into all the enjoymentsf:hect she broke o ff T day. In the course of MeLday she gave a watch that sr o r i i n n g h s e h r e ca v Le s , ;onidnia, brrnch, to her husband, and went eut i ' tc pears, howev , - a few , , ...e, to have walked about two miles from t band' t he to buy nuts for her nieces. S he /iP 'age, an':, drowned herself in the river Dun. She wor e ba nd' tirr..e her wedding bonnet, with its white ribbons, and an d some silk d ress . Sh e was a young woman o f grea t be:Tdict, af only twenty- t h ree years of age. The J ury foun d a temporary insanity.—Sheffield Paper. 100 1 ' On Saturday evening an alarming oc currenc e lit place in th e Theatre Royal, Plymouth, to Miss We b iii, b. and the course o f t h e per f ormance this young lady felt etatea was removed f rom t h e b oxes i nto t h e lobby, the "P e er that the fresh a i r wou ld rev i ve her; but immed i ate ly a ft j he ( had an attack of apoplexy, which apparently render e era lifeless. Sir George Magrath and Mr. Burrows, asa is in the theatre at the time, hastened to the young 180 ly ble tance at this cr i t i ca l moment, and the latter irnmediat hoese: her, after w hi c h s h e was removed to a neighbouriab, e to bear where she recovere d i n some degree. We a re happy he r that Miss Webb has been pronounced out of dange r medical attendant.— West of England Conservative- wag' who On Friday morning, about four o'clock, 0 1 0 00 Mordue was descendin a shaft at the BellMOnt ‘ 1 , 4 near Pittington, when became to the Low Main Hea d ' b a kes at one side, he caught the wing and was killed. W ha 'he the accident more melancholy is, that three sons of t ysie fortunate ma-s were in the cage descending at 6° time.-- Yorh Courant. d pOJ A ship, with a cargo of pipe staves, disinastea the abandoned by the crew, was wrecked at Terschelling, 10th ult. N ame on the stern, " Sar.sh Ellie!, 13 i de.° Dutch P a p er . W V° On Frid a y a h ost il e meet i ng took place at in t l ' crena, betw een Th omas B lake, Esq., of HollyPari, 9 31 ,1 ' county, brother.in-law of Robert Dillon Browne, FutF f and Edmond Corr, Esq., of D ur h am , i n t h e county ° common ; the former attended by Edmond S. KellY' f po d: Ardikea, a n d th e l atter by Charles Croghan, ragee. After an exchange of shots the parties left the b a reconciliation having taken place. —7'uam Herald. . 6el i MAIMING CATTLE. —A fellow named Sif° sew , was on Thurday committ e d b y the loca l mag i strates to itrzlti v a f.r trial, on a c h arge of having mang l ed i n a most,a,, Jat e, manner a calf bel ong i ng t o hi s em pl o y er , Mr. 1 : sef, farmer residing at Barking, in Essex, in revenge, it f o r' posed, for having been reprimanded by that genticaea°_„/, toaieation. • - PLATE SUITED FOR PRI - ._;SENTA rf.f i ce Elegant or Splendid Silver Inkstands—Saver Waiters °f • —Silver Cups, New and Second-hams—Fifty varietie,% o ble Tea and Coffee Services—Gold Snuff Boxes —Silver 1 . ,,,ny ° o af Rcotos—Silver Epergnes—Silver P,read Basket. And, "'ea. , articles of Plata adapted for Presentation as Testimonia ls ' be selected from, in the Sh.t - ,w Rooms at Cari b 01, , T. COX SAVORY'S , Working Silve rsm ith, G o ld smith, and Watchmaker, -7;). London (S even D oors f rom Gracechurch-street) __, J',o. 110 _ BIRTHS. the On the 4th inst., at Branham Biggin, Yorksh' re ' 10 / t Mrs. Henry Ramsden, o son. lady ° On the 25th nit, at alasE Merther, near Truro, th e Rev. F. Webber, of a daughter. MARRIED. will iati i h ter On the 6th inst., at St. Dunstan-in-the-East, 111 ':' d c l3°6 East, of St. D uns t an ' s -hill, t o F rances M ar i ann e, se ct)ri.- l'° °ll ,l of John Ruck, E sq ., o f th e same p l ace. Ileera ,, Gene r On the 6th inst., a t St. M argaret ' s, W estm i u ster, i . 0 ,... ta ilor ) sett, Esq., of Ca m b erwe ll, t o Amelia, widowet . ,ll(l 13at o.i g Sir Sigismund S m ith, K. C. H. CommarrAant of the Le i Royal Artillery. i m,het e 'bter ° Pocock,Onth eE6sgth., e in f st i ii en a t t ag S u t :st A r l e i e ch t, ae t l o 's E C i h tz u a r , t eo .' n 's aettg; tojahoe George Bassett, Esq., of the Hill, Hihgate On the 4th inst., at St. Pancras - Chur . ch, Drewett, of Rhayader, Radnorshire . b 0 daily ,to Eliza L , f s rvi the 11 ,,, e h l ier ° I. t late George 'Wills, Esq., of New ate-street. ~,, Pri °r i ter ° On the sth inst.. at Bradole, g llorset, John V en " (12 41 , of the Middle Temple, to Hebe Czuherine, eldest ,01)4/'' James Templer, Esq., of Brad pole. , Nor'. if i leir On the 4th inst., at the Parish P Church of Waylenf'll,oo, 'ubilo, land ; and subsequently, at the Catholic Chapel at b e ite et, P i 00 tine O'Brien O'Connor, Esq of Upper Sackville-1, 1 „, o to Monica, daughter of the fate William Errington, .'" ' Warden, Northumberland. eet , .411.•• so DIED. N . nroa ( On the 6th inst., Charles Widder, Es+ , 0f '`.‘ , wiP iE st e iLl aged 68. a tc ,,, v et, On the 30th ult., at Pakenham, Suffolk, Mi l 'v r idays h . the late G. A. Hatel, Rector of St. Mathew's, ' 13 64 " f „ J. V i a ; s on ° St. Peter's, Westcheap, - aged 83. On the t ls tls tin si nt . s ,t . a ,t a ß t ip s pl h e r ,:f w e s v i i 3 , l;;!rury ,the , : . eo : ted e :: . a s ir ec e ° , l . l 74.___ 4. Money Wigram, Esq., of Wood House, Wans t ____—., - ( - ; ,f ‘, O ----, - unDO ~0 t London: Printed and Published by Al s tra nutt 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, S e ptember 8, 1838. of 11Iiddlewx.—Saturday, TFIE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1838. 1